Indiana senators seek to stop sales of unnecessary cold medication — 4 insights

Indiana Republican Sens. Randy Head and Jim Merritt proposed giving pharmacists the right to approve or deny selling medications with pseudoephedrine, according to South Bend Tribune. This medication is a decongestant.

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Here are four insights:

1. This proposal is in response to a measure calling for required prescriptions for these decongestants.

2. The senators believe requiring prescriptions would be too costly, as it would involve physician appointments for every common cold.

3. Instead, they believe pharmacists could act as a barrier to the sale of unnecessary cold medications.

4. Indiana lawmakers are addressing their state’s issues with meth labs, which use pseudoephedrine.

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